Official data released by the Macau Public Security Police Force (CPSP) indicates that more than 1.87 million people entered the territory between September 25 and October 7. This period covered the three days of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese celebration whose calendar varies annually according to the lunar cycle, and the seven days of China's National Day.
During this period, referred to as the 'golden week,' an average daily figure of 163,000 visitors was recorded, surpassing the projections of the Macau Tourism Services Bureau (DST), which had estimated an average of 150,000.
Although the CPSP did not detail the origin of the tourists, the DST reported that during the first five days of the period, the vast majority (exceeding 797,500 people) came from mainland China, followed by the neighboring region of Hong Kong, with approximately 85,700 visitors.
Over the 13 days, more than 9.3 million individuals, including both tourists and residents, passed through Macau's border control posts. The police reported that 5.32 million of these passengers were from mainland China.
Regarding Hong Kong, it received 1.3 million Chinese visitors during the first six days of the 'golden week' of China's National Day, representing an increase of 11.6% compared to the same period in 2025, according to official data from the city's Immigration Department.
Golden weeks serve as an indicator of Chinese economic activity, as the country seeks to stimulate consumption and services as drivers of domestic demand, which has not yet fully recovered after the pandemic.
Chinese authorities had predicted a total of nearly 2.8 billion passenger trips for the period spanning the Mid-Autumn Festival and China's National Day. Vice Minister of Transport, Li Yang, quoted by the state newspaper People's Daily, commented on September 25 that due to only three working days between the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays, many people will take advantage of an extended 13-day period, which will cause changes in transport volumes and methods.